Knowing where to go for health care is important, especially this time of year, when there’s an increased demand for services and holiday closures. North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN) Home and Community Care staff will provide services to patients throughout the holiday season, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day except Christmas Day – from 8:00 ...

Minister Rod Phillips has released his first Minister’s Annual Report on Drinking Water. The report highlights progress over the last year and shows that 99.8 per cent of more than half a million test results from municipal residential drinking water systems met Ontario’s drinking water quality standards. “Ontario’s drinking water remains among the best protected in the world,” said Rod ...

Ontario’s Government for the People is releasing its plan to reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions for public comment in January 2019. The proposal would regulate industry without imposing the federal government’s carbon tax, which threatens Ontario jobs and the ability of our industries to compete internationally. “Ontario industry is calling for a made-in-Ontario emission performance standard that recognizes the unique ...

  On Tuesday, December 11th, the Grade 1/2 students from St. Joseph French Immersion Catholic School joined some of the long-term care residents at the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre during Minds in Motion. In preparation for our afternoon, special guest Christy Reid visited us to discuss dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and to do a read aloud. The students made connections ...

The congregation welcomes everyone to Worship at First United Church. Services are held on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. If anyone has a question or concern please leave a message on the answering machine at the Church 705-856-2926 It is time to renew THE OBSERVER a United Church of Canada publication, please contact Kaireen M. 856-2118. Sun. Dec. 23 4th Sunday ...

Team Standings: First place is Black Thunder with 27 points Bowler of the week:  Caroline Desgagne with 144 pins over average. TEAM LEADERS:  High Series: Mafia 3821 High Single: Incredi-bowls 1338 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS: Men’s Series Flat: Jake Casavant 733 Men’s Single Flat: Jake Casavant 301 Ladies Series Flat: Rachelle Godin 543 Ladies Single Flat: Lisa Miller 263 Men’s High Average: ...

Team Rank Wins GP FAHRER, Tom 1 5 7 McCOY, Joe 1 5 7 ECOLE ST. JOSEPH 3 4 7 LESCHISHIN, Mark 3 4 7 TERRIS, Tom 3 4 7 MITRIKAS, Eric 6 3 7 DERESKI, Louis 7 2 7 MOORE, Bruce 8 1 7 GAMES SCHEDULE – January 7, 2019 Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4 ESC ...

Ontario’s Government for the People is making life more affordable by putting a stop to fishing licence fee increases for all Ontario residents and removing the $2 service fee. “We’re making it easier for Ontarians to get out on the water and enjoy the great outdoors by keeping fishing licences more affordable,” said John Yakabuski, Minister of Natural Resources and ...

Men’s High Single – Dave Casavant ( 318 ) Women’s High Single – Mary Ellen Douchamie ( 283 ) Men’s High Triple – Dominique Casavant ( 709 ) Women’s High Triple – Mary Ellen Douchamie ( 695 ) Team High Single ( Hdcp’d ) – Wilderness Helicopters Strike Force – ( 1412 ) Team High Triple ( Hdcp’d ) – ...

  The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB) has new leadership when it comes to its Board of Trustees.  At the monthly meeting Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at the Catholic Education Centre in Sault Ste. Marie Lindsay Liske moved into the Chair position and Sandra Turco the Vice-Chair role.  Liske becomes Chair for the second time in his career as ...

During their Citizenship course, students at École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) got to take part in a debate. With the help of their teacher, Ms. Annette Lytwenko, students conducted research in order to identify the effects of video games on teenagers. They analyzed the cultural, behavioural, social and academic impact of video games and then discussed these while approaching the topic ...

The Michipicoten Volunteer Firefighters’ Association, St. Joseph French Immersion Catholic School Staff and the Wawa Mustangs Female Hockey Team will be conducting a food drive on Sunday, December 16, 2018 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We will be collecting non-perishable food items for the Legion Christmas Hamper Fund. If you will not be home during that time, you may ...

Dec 16, 2018 @ 06:33 Doug Ford has taken the axe to schools and education funding, even before his sham of a consultation is complete. In a series of memos sent to school boards Friday night, the Ford government announced deep, callous cuts to Education Program (EPO) grants. Funding envelopes that have been eliminated entirely include the Daily Physical Activity ...

An Advent Retreat is planned for Monday, December 17th – Wednesday, December 19th, beginning at 7:00 p.m. each evening. The retreat will be approximately 45 minutes long each evening. All are welcome! Christmas Eve Masses will be at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The 5:00 p.m. is traditionally the Children’s Mass with a dramatization of the Christmas story by the ...

Team Rank Wins G.P. TERRIS, Tom 1 6 6 McCOY, Joe 2 4 5 LESCHISHIN, Mark 2 4 6 BUCKELL, Chris 4 3 5 HALL, Dave 5 2 5 KLOCKARS, Anna-Lise 5 2 5 SPENCER, Diane 5 2 5 BOYD, Katherine 8 1 6 HOFFMANN, Jim 9 0 5 Schedule for Thursday – December 20, 2018 Ice 1 Ice 2 ...